[americandream]

As well as erectile dysfunction.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'C')rystals made of pixie dust. All the flavor, half the calories, and it fights tooth decay.

[Graeme]

Hydrogen fuel cells hailed as “game changing”

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')ydrogen fuel cell developer AFC Energy has revealed it is developing a 50kW hydrogen fuel cell which it claims will improve the base load of power coming from waste to energy plants and carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

The Surrey-based company said this week that the 50kW cell, which works by feeding air and hydrogen into a cell containing electrodes to create a chemical reaction, producing electricity, heat and water heated to around 70 degrees Celsius, should be completed in 2011.

The chief executive of AFC Energy, Ian Balchin, explained: "We are part of a transition of technologies. Some renewable sources of energy are intermittent, such as wind, and therefore there are times when there will be too much power and times when there will be too little power, so in order to level the load many of these technologies are looking at ways to store the electricity.

"Our fuel cells work a bit like an open battery, constantly being provided with a fuel - hydrogen."
According to AFC, converting hydrogen to electricity has an energy efficiency rating of between 55-60%.

[ian807]

Yeah, uh, let me know when I or anyone else can actually buy one.

[Timo]

A real game changer would be the invention of a fuel cell that could funtion from the gas given off by my compost pile. I'd rake all my leaves every fall down into my basement and into a gas-tight container hooked up to my fuel cell, hook that up to my brand new Fisker, drive that down to my local utility company, and laugh in the CEOs face. THAT would be a real game changer, and i'll believe it when i see it. Any guess as to when i can start making these necessary investments?

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Timo', 'A') real game changer would be the invention of a fuel cell that could funtion from the gas given off by my compost pile. I'd rake all my leaves every fall down into my basement and into a gas-tight container hooked up to my fuel cell, hook that up to my brand new Fisker, drive that down to my local utility company, and laugh in the CEOs face. THAT would be a real game changer, and i'll believe it when i see it. Any guess as to when i can start making these necessary investments?

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '&')quot;Think of it as a battery that runs on mud," ONR Program Manager Dr. Linda Chrisey said.

[Niagara]

"Game changer" gets my vote for most hated buzz-phrase of the 2000's

Runners up:

Heads up
Mission critical
Touch base
In the loop
Low-hanging fruit
Moving forward
At the end of the day
On the same page
Clicks and mortar
Burn rate
Push Technology
Stakeholder

[MSkalaBoy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Timo', 'A') real game changer would be the invention of a fuel cell that could funtion from the gas given off by my compost pile. I'd rake all my leaves every fall down into my basement and into a gas-tight container hooked up to my fuel cell, hook that up to my brand new Fisker, drive that down to my local utility company, and laugh in the CEOs face. THAT would be a real game changer, and i'll believe it when i see it. Any guess as to when i can start making these necessary investments?

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Graeme', '
')According to AFC, converting hydrogen to electricity has an energy efficiency rating of between 55-60%.

[MSkalaBoy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Graeme', '
')According to AFC, converting hydrogen to electricity has an energy efficiency rating of between 55-60%.

[Googolplex]

Yeah, sure, its a free lunch.

Technically, so is a ketchup packet from a burger joint. Hope you live a VERY low energy lifestyle.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheAntiDoomer', 'C')rystals + sound + water = clean hydrogen fuel

[Graeme]

Top 5 hydrogen states in the US

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')ashington fuel cell promotion organisation Fuel Cells 2000 has released a report about fuel cells in the US, called "State of the States: Fuel Cells in America" (link to download full report below).

In the report, it estimates that over 630 companies in the US are active in the fuel cell and related industry, and investing around $1bn a year.

It mentions the states of California, Connecticut, New York and South Carolina as being leaders in promoting fuel cells.

[TheAntiDoomer]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 151317.htm

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') grain of salt or two may be all that microbial electrolysis cells need to produce hydrogen from wastewater or organic byproducts, without adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere or using grid electricity, according to Penn State engineers.

"This system could produce hydrogen anyplace that there is wastewater near sea water," said Bruce E. Logan, Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering. "It uses no grid electricity and is completely carbon neutral. It is an inexhaustible source of energy."

[diemos]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheAntiDoomer', 'h')ttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151317.htm

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') grain of salt or two may be all that microbial electrolysis cells need to produce hydrogen from wastewater or organic byproducts, without adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere or using grid electricity, according to Penn State engineers.

"This system could produce hydrogen anyplace that there is wastewater near sea water," said Bruce E. Logan, Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering. "It uses no grid electricity and is completely carbon neutral. It is an inexhaustible source of energy."

[ian807]

Wow. Another "New discovery of an inefficient solar energy collection system using [seawater, algae, corn, etc.] whose output is [hydrogen, hydrocarbon lipids, alcohol] which doesn't scale and whose EROEI is either barely over 1, or sometimes less."

Quite unique (ahem).

[PrestonSturges]

Actually that's pretty interesting. If you were to dismantle many metabolic systems you would not see much output, because you'd be lacking some coenzyme, ion, or some redox cofactor. But those biological systems are often much more efficient than any laboratory equivalent (anyone growing wood in a test tube using only air, water, and sunlight? Not that I know of.) So combining a fuel cell and bioreactor sounds promising.

[MD]

It's another 5% solution. We'll need more in the mix, unless the magic solution appears.

[vaseline2008]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')ogan and Kim's research used platinum as a catalyst on the cathode, but subsequent experimentation showed that a non-precious metal catalyst, molybdenum sulfide, had a 51 percent energy efficiency. The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology supported this work.